The Balmoral (Indianapolis, Indiana) | NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, apartment building, 1910s construction

 NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, apartment building, 1910s construction

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The Buckingham/Balmoral Apartments are two individual buildings that sit as neighbors on the prominent Meridian St. corridor in beautiful downtown Indianapolis. The Buckingham was designed in 1910 by the prestigious architectural firm of Rubush and Hunter. With mesmerizing designs such as the Columbia Club and The Circle Theatre on Monument Circle, Preston Rubush and Edgar Hunter greatly contributed to a new early 20th century look in downtown Indianapolis. Hunter was born in Versailes, Indiana in 1873 and moved to Indianapolis in 1897 to work. His collaboration with Preston C. Rubush designed the first terra cotta in Indianapolis and exposed Indianapolis to some of the greatest works of Art Deco in the country. The Circle Tower on Monument Circle and The Coca-Cola Bottling Company on Massachusetts Avenue's East End Arts District are among these masterpieces.

The Buckingham, rich in intricate limestone carvings and timeless marble, showcases the best of what these creative geniuses had to offer. The Balmoral Court, completed in the early 1920's, accents the Buckingham's elegance with the first Georgian Revival-style apartment complex in the city. When Harry Fitton and Lawrence George teamed up to design The Balmoral Court they were praised for conceiving this, one of the very finest apartment complexes in the city. This work of art, side by side with the fabulous Buckingham, stood as the cities two elite places of residency. Today The Buckingham/Balmoral Apartments carry on their prominent histories offering a magnificently preserved look into an era of fine craftsmanship and prosperity.